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Re: How do we best approach IPv6 for OpenSSL?



On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 08:04:07PM +0200, Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
> today I discovered to my dismay that the OpenSSL
> package lacks a fully implemented IPv6 capability.
> In fact, the software tries to catch most returns
> of IPv6 and reports them as errors.
I think GnuTLS can do IPv6 though I have not tested it.
Some programs could be ported to use GnuTLS rather than
OpenSSL.

How easy it is will depend on the program.  Some you wouldn't even try!

 - Craig
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